County fire crews were called at about 1:30 p.m. to the area of Water Oak Point and Old Water Oak roads in Pasadena, where a 15-year-old boy got stuck in the mud up to his waist for at least a half hour in a gated area of county property.

It took almost an hour for crews to pull him from the mud.

"It's a very dangerous situation. One of the things we do is lay down large sheets of wood to be able to spread out our weight on the mud so that we can work our way across the surface. It is a very hazardous situation, and we run a very great risk of injuring ourselves or creating even greater risk to the patient involved," Anne Arundel County fire Capt. Michael Phaltzgraff said.

The teen was evaluated by medical crews and taken to Shock Trauma. His injuries were not considered life-threatening.